*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*¢¢ NEWSLETTER REVIEWS¢ by Alan Sharkis¢ OHAUG Newsletter Librarian¢¢ There's not much material to share¢ with you this month, for a few¢ reasons. RON FETZER was able to¢ obtain all of the newsletters that¢ had been sent to ALEX PIGNATO this¢ summer, and he passed them on to me. ¢ There were duplicates of one, and¢ there was little 8-bit news in two of¢ them. Only one was mailed directly¢ to me (as we requested when we mailed¢ out the May/June issue of the OHAUG¢ Newsletter.)¢¢ I'm going to repeat that request¢ here. If you're reading this column,¢ and you represent the newsletter¢ exchange program of another user¢ group, please send your exchange¢ newsletter directly to me. My¢ address is on the title screen of¢ this disk. Since I now edit the¢ OHAUG newsletter, I can read your¢ user group publication and get a¢ synopsis of it into this column¢ faster than previously.¢¢ If you're an OHAUG member, you should¢ be aware of another condition. ¢ Several of those other user groups¢ with whom we exchange newsletters are¢ using disks as the medium for those¢ newsletters (and you thought we were¢ the only ones, right?) It would¢ expand this column beyond practical¢ limits if I were to review those¢ disk-based newsletters here. ¢ However, they ARE shown at local¢ meetings, and anything noteworthy in¢ them will be reflected in the minutes¢ you receive elsewhere in this¢ newsletter. The disks then enter our¢ p/d libarary, and their numbers go¢ into the minutes. They are available¢ to you on the same terms as any¢ other library disk. Outstanding¢ editions usually come to us from¢ ABBUC, NOSAUG, TWAUG, and SLCC. ¢ Please accept my apologies, other¢ user groups, if I've left any out. ¢ Just let me know, and I'll be sure to¢ mention your club's name as having a¢ fine disk-based newsletter in my next¢ column.¢¢ Now on to the reviews (remember:¢ print only!):¢¢ IMAGE for July 1996 -- If I were to¢ guess from this fine club's¢ newsletter, I'd say that most of the¢ contributions were from ST owners and¢ gamers. The editor, ED BAIZ, in his¢ THROUGH THE KEYHOLE column, states¢ that there are tremendous numbers of¢ files on the Internet, including 8-¢ bit files. But then he goes on to¢ talk about how TOS based machines¢ (ST, etc.) can access the Net. Don't¢ be deceived, however. The IMAGE¢ people are very Internet-aware,¢ having many providers, including¢ FREENETs available to them at low¢ cost. Too bad that all areas of the¢ country don't have a Freenet. That¢ will change.¢¢ XIO3 (GCACE) for August 1996, ROWLAND¢ GRANT has subheaded his 8-BIT AFFAIRS¢ column "Farewell, Alex." The first¢ paragraph of this column is a tribute¢ to OHAUG, and especially, to ALEX¢ PIGNATO. Rowland goes on to mention¢ some of the products from STEVEN¢ TUCKER (A.P.E. 1.09, the PRO system,¢ Imagic.) He wonders, as we all do,¢ what became of MIKE HOHMAN (Fte) and¢ how we can contact him. He mentions¢ that BOB PUFF (CSS) is still¢ supporting our 8-bits. Rowland¢ reports a "changing of the guard" at¢ AMERICAN TECHNAVISION, but no such¢ change in ownership at B&C¢ COMPUTERVISIONS or at BEST¢ ELECTRONICS. He applauds BILL¢ KENDRICK for assuming the management¢ and reorganization of the 8-bit¢ archives at UMICH. Other¢ developments are reported, as well. ¢ Read the column. Rowland also has a¢ separate column about OHAUG and¢ writes a column about the club's 8-¢ bit demos.¢¢ SLCC Journal for August 1996 -- BOB¢ WOOLLEY, always the inventor, has now¢ come up with another modified 1200XL.¢ This one sports a SyQuest EZ135. ¢ This is the drive that the ST guys¢ are finding a popular alternative to¢ the other removable media hard drives¢ like the original SyQuests, and the¢ ZIP drives from IOMEGA. The EZ135¢ can now be had for about $135. If¢ the modification is not too¢ difficult, it would be an ideal hard¢ drive setup for us. (I hope it isn't¢ restricted to 1200XLs but can work¢ with any 8-bit. We may find out more¢ in the next edition of AC -- ed.) ¢ Bob also reported to his group the¢ sad news of ALEX PIGNATO's passing.¢¢ IMAGE for August 1996 -- Once again,¢ ED BAIZ has given only a snippet of¢ 8-bit information. But this snippet¢ is an important one. Remember how¢ sad we felt when BELLCOM went out of¢ business? Ed reports that there is¢ now a company that will fill in the¢ gap. It's TRIPLE SSS, which stands¢ for "Shareware, Software, Support." ¢ Requests for E-Mail catalogs (not in¢ print as yet) can be made to:¢¢ af32@freenet.hamilton.on.ca.¢¢ *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*¢¢¢¢